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ISAAC  SHARPLESS 
1848-1920. 


JReprinted  from  the  BULLETIN  OF  FRIENDS'  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY,  OF  PHILADEL- 
PHIA, Vol.  9,  No.  3,  MAY,  1920.] 


[Reprinted  from  the  BULLETIN  OF  FRIENDS'  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY, 
Vol.  9,  No.  3,  May,  1920.] 

ISAAC  SHARPLESS 
1848-1920. 

It  is  fitting  that  we  should  record  our  great  sense  of  loss  in  the 
recent  death  of  Isaac  Sharpless,  LL.D.,  late  President  of  Haver- 
ford  College,  who  was  in  fact  the  founder  of  the  Friends'  His- 
torical! Society  and  its  first  President.  To  him  more  than  to  any 
other  we  owe  the  organization  of  this  body,  which  was  the  out- 
come of  the  Centennial  celebration  at  Friends'  Meeting  House  at 
Fourth  and  Arch  Streets,  Philadelphia,  in  the  summer  of  1904. 

On  that  remarkable  occasion,  before  an  audience  of  twenty- 
three  hundred,  Isaac  Sharpless,  in  his  own  inimitable  way,  re- 
viewed the  social  conditions  among  Philadelphia  Friends  a  cen- 
tury before.  When  the  souvenir  book  of  the  Centennial  was 
published  soon  after,  his  Introduction,  which  was  also  the  first 
official  publication  of  this  Society,  contained  the  following  striking 
paragraph :  "  It  is  well  occasionally  to  look  into  the  past,  and 
gather  up  the  standards  and  principles  of  our  ancestors  in  the 
faith.  It  is  well  if  it  lead  us  to  reconsecrate  ourselves  to  the 
cause  for  which  they  wrought — the  pure  religion  of  Christ.  We 
may  not  adopt  all  their  methods ;  the  testimonies  which  they  up- 
held may  in  part  be  replaced  by  others  more  vital  to  our  day. 
But  those  among  us  who  see  beneath  the  surface  will  feel  no  dis- 
position to  build  on  any  other  groundwork  than  theirs,  nor  to 
adopt  modes  of  action  essentially  out  of  harmony  with  their  prin- 
ciples. The  lack  of  historic  background,  while  compatible  with 
much  Christian  goodness  and  zeal  and  openness  of  mind,  seems, 
when  applied  to  congregations,  to  lead  to  opportunism ;  the  selec- 
tion of  methods  dictated  by  the  emergencies  of  the  present,  and 
to  destroy  that  continuity  of  principle  so  essential  to  the  preserva- 
tion of  the  type.  If  the  spirit  and  motives  of  the  best  Friends  of 
the  past  were  known  and  read  by  all  of  us  who  bear  the  name  of 
Friend,  they  would  be  interwoven  through  our  lives  as  through 
the  pages  of  prophecy  is  interwoven,  'thus  saith  the  Lord/" 
Witih  this  most  characteristic  setting  forth  of  the  principles  which 
he  fek  should  guide  the  future  acts  of  this  Historical  Society,  we 


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9i  BULLETIN  OF  FRIENDS'  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY. 

may  pause  for  a  moment's  backward  glance  at  the  career  of  this 
Quaker  historian. 

Isaac  Sharpless,  son  of  Aaron  and  Susanna  (Forsythe)  Sharp- 
less,  was  born  December  i6th,  1848.  A  ponderous  quarto  tome 
of  over  1300  pages,  published  in  1887,  preserves  the  record  of 
the  immigrant  ancestor  John  Sharpless  and  the  thousands  of  his 
substantial  progeny  in  die  community  in  which  Isaac  Sharpless 
was  a  birthright  Friend.  The  farm  of  his  father  and  grand- 
father Isaac  Sharpless,  where  he  was  born,  had  been  the  home- 
stead of  the  family  for  several  generations.  It  lay  at  the  foot  of 
Osborne  Hill  among  the  gently  undulating  hills  of  East  Bradford, 
now  (since  1856)  Birmingham  Township,  Chester  County,  Penn- 
sylvania. The  impressionable  years  of  boyhood  were  spent  here, 
where  his  daily  walks  took  him  over  the  historic  battlefield  of  the 
Brandywine,  and  where  the  semi-weekly  worship  of  the  family- 
led  a  little  southeasterly  to  Birmingham  Friends'  Meeting  House 
(Orthodox)— the  old  Meeting  House  of  the  "Hicksite"  body 
near  by  having  served  as  the  hospital  on  the  battle  ground. 

He  was  a  diligent  reader  of  the  choice  collection  of  books  in 
the  old  Birmingham  Library,  supported  by  members  of  that  meet- 
ing and  others.  From  this  little  library  fiction  was  carefully  ex- 
cluded but  its  absence  was  filled  by  a  double  portion  of  biography, 
history,  travel  and  popular  science.  From  childhood  he  had 
listened  to  Revolutionary  tales  of  the  neighborhood  and  had  seen 
the  graves  of  the  British  and  American  soldiers  in  the  burial 
ground  at  the  old  Meeting  House.  Doubtless  these  early  influ- 
ences told  upon  his  career,  which  began  among  the  historic  sur- 
roundings in  which  he  grew  up,  but  it  was  his  home  training  that 
had  more  to  do  in  making  him  what  he  was  than  the  historic 
features  of  the  country.  His  first  school  was  that  conducted  by 
Friends  near  the  Meeting  House. 

From  Birmingham  Isaac  Sharpless  went  to  Westtown  School 
in  November,  1862,  where,  after  completing  its  course  of  study,  he 
returned  to  teach  mathematics  in  1868,  and  where  the  next  au- 
tumn, his  parents  came  and  resided  for  five  years  as  Superin- 
tendent and  Matron.  With  the  exception  of  one  year — 1872-3 — 
spent  at  Harvard,  where  he  obtained  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 


ISAAC  SHARPLESS.  92 

Science  in  the  Lawrence  Scientific  School,  Isaac  Sharpless  re- 
mained at  Westtown.  In  the  autumn  of  1875  he  was  appointed 
Instructor  of  Mathematics  at  Haverford  College,  where  he  spent 
the  remainder  of  his  useful  life.  In  1876  (August  loth)  he  mar- 
ried Lydia  Trimble  Cope,  daughter  of  Paschal  and  Amy  A.  Cope 
of  West  Chester,  Pennsylvania.  She  survives  him,  with  one  son 
and  five  daughters. 

In  1879  Isaac  Sharpless  was  made  Professor  of  Mathematics 
and  Astronomy,  in  which  capacity  he  served  until  1884.  Readers 
of  Philadelphia  periodicals  will  recall  the  able  articles,  on  the 
aspect  of  the  heavens  at  different  periods,  which  constantly  ap- 
peared over  his  signature  during  those  years,  and  which,  together 
with  the  reports  from  ithe  Haverford  Observatory,  made  its  serv- 
ice known  throughout  the  academic  world,  both  here  and  in 
Europe. 

For  three  years  he  served  as  Dean  of  the  College,  when  he  was 
elected  President  in  1887.  His  Honorary  Degrees  were,  1883, 
Sc.D.  from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania;  1889,  LL.D.  from 
Swarthmore  College;  1903,  L.H.D.  from  Hobart  College;  1915, 
LL.D.  from  Harvard. 

His  first  literary  efforts  are  to  be  found  in  the  bound  MS. 
volumes  of  "The  Cabinet,"  a  monthly  periodical  supported  by 
the  teachers  and  older  students  of  Westtown.  His  contributions 
"  always  possessed  a  virility  which  distinguished  them  from 
others."  A  contemporary  says  of  him:  "The  slow  progress  of 
educational  matters  in  Philadelphia  Yearly  Meeting  rested  strongly 
upon  his  mind."  The  autumn  of  1880  witnessed  the  advent  of 
"  The  Student,"  a  modest  little  monthly  magazine  "  devoted  to  the 
interests  of  education  in  the  Society  of  Friends."  The  editors 
and  publishers  were  Isaac  Sharpless  and  Watson  W.  Dewees,  and 
it  is  a  striking  fact  that  "  it  was  the  first  venture  of  the  kind  in  the 
history  of  American  Quakerism/'  Its  management  changed  at 
the  end  of  four  years,  but  during  that  period  there  were  several 
signed  articles  which  were  characteristic,  besides  his  editorials. 
Any  attempt  to  write  the  history  of  education  in  the  Society  of 
Friends  must  take  into  account  the  conspicuous  part  played  by 
Isaac  Sharpless  in  Philadelphia  in  the  early  8o's  of  the  last  cen- 


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tury.  When  the  "Westonian"  appeared  in  1895  it  had  his  un- 
qualified support,  and  his  contributions  are  to  be  found  in  the 
appended  bibliography. 

Isaac  Sharpless'  best  monument  is  the  college  infto  which  en- 
tered his  whole  personality.  Here  for  thirty  years  he  remained, 
much  beloved  and  universally  respected;  a  virile  figure,  with 
something  of  the  old  time  simplicity  which  left  its  impress  on 
every  student  who  sat  under  him.  It  was  his  custom  throughout 
to  keep  in  personal  touch  with  every  class  entering  college  by 
teaching  two  of  their  courses  himself.  He  has  unconsciously 
given  us  a  true  picture  of  himself  in  his  book,  "The  American 
College,"  in  which  he  describes  the  ideal  college  President : 

"...  He  is  not  primarily  a  taskmaster  or  disciplinarian,  but 
a  man  who  is  giving  his  life  for  a  cause,  and  not  only  for  an  ab- 
stract cause,  but  for  (men)  as  individuals ;  that  he  has  a  message 
for  them  which  he  must  deliver,  and  that  he  feels  that  the  very 
future  of  one  or  more  of  them  lies  in  the  proper  use  of  that 
power.  When  he  feels  thus,  he  will  preach,  and  his  sermon  will 
not  be  forgotten  by  some  of  them." 

Not  only  was  he  serious  in  his  ideals ;  he  was  full  of  the  humor 
which  one  finds  in  a  Lincoln.  When  applauded  for  a  long  time 
at  the  Haverford  Alumni  Dinner  of  1918,  he  said:  "I  clearly 
understand  that  the  most  popular  thing  I  ever  did  as  President  of 
Haverford  was  to  resign."  He  often  told  the  story,  repeated 
by  Dean  Briggs  in  one  of  his  books,  about  his  conversation  with 
a  certain  college  culprit:  I.S. :  "  I  have  reason  to  believe  that  thee 
is  both  a  thief  and  a  liar ! "  Answer :  "  President  Sharpless,  I 
may  be  a  liar,  but  I  give  you  my  word  I'm  not  a  thief !"  It  was 
this  ability  to  loosen  a  tight  situation,  to  use  the  solvent  of  a  tell- 
ing epigram,  that  contributed  markedly  to  his  great  and  lasting 
influence. 

Isaac  Sharpless's  pedagogic  inclinations,  and  perhaps  his  humor 
may  have  come  from  his  greatgrandfather,  John  Forsythe  (1754- 
1840),  a  sandy-haired,  gay  young  Presbyterian  from  Ireland  who 
later  joined  Friends  and  became  noted  as  a  teacher  at  Birming- 
ham and  at  Westtown. 

In  addition  to  his  Presidency,  1904-1911,  of  Friends'  Historical 


ISAAC  SHARPLESS.  94 

Society  of  Philadelphia,  he  was  active  in  other  historical  work, 
serving  as  Executive  Councillor,  1905-1916,  and  President,  1909- 
1912,  of  the  Pennsylvania  History  Club;  Vice  President,  1914- 
1915,  and  President,  1915-1916,  of  Friends*  Historkal  Society  of 
England ;  member  of  the  Committee  of  Seven  Advisers  to  the 
Works  of  William  Penn,  1910-1920,  and  Councillor,  1910-1920, 
of  The  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania.  His  books  quickly 
gained  for  him  high  repute  for  insight  into  human  motives,  sym- 
pathetic yet  unbiased  interpretation  of  Quaker  policies,  scientific 
care  in  the  weighing  of  evidence,  and  a  corresponding  moderation 
in  the  statement  of  conclusions.  Thus  his  was  a  foremost  place 
among  the  historians  of  Pennsylvania. 

An  equally  high  ideal  was  held  up  to  all  who  followed  Isaac 
Sharpless  in  his  work  for  clean  politics,  since  his  interests  were 
sufficiently  wide  to  impress  the  reader  of  his  record  with  his  ac- 
complishments in  the  quiet  life  which  sought  no  lime-light  outside 
the  circle  of  his  duty.  His  personality,  for  this  very  reason,  ex- 
tended his  efforts  for  the  realization  of  his  ideals  to  his  college, 
his  neighborhood  and  his  country.  The  mind  of  the  man  was 
strictly  accountable  to  a  sensitive  conscience.  Duty  and  not  ex- 
pediency always  determined  his  course,  and  the  history  of  Quak- 
erism and  of  his  State  will  be  the  poorer  for  his  loss.  Though 
he  had  been  appointed  as  one  of  the  Commission,  upon  the  re- 
vision of  the  Constitution  of  Pennsylvania,  the  condition  of  his 
health  did  not  permit  him  to  serve.  His  death  occurred  at  his 
home  at  Haverford,  January  i6th,  1920,  interment  being  made  at 
Haverford  Friends'  Meeting  House. 

CONTRIBUTIONS    TO    A 
BIBLIOGRAPHY    OF    ISAAC    SHARPLESS, 

1879-1919- 
Books. 

Elementary  Plane  Geometry,  Porter  and  Coates,  isrno,  Philadelphia,  1879. 

Elements  of  Plane  and  Solid  Geometry,  266  pp.,  i2mo,  Porter  and  Coates,  Philadelphia, 

1879- 
John   Gummere's   Surveying.      Revised  and    adapted   by   Isaac    Sharpless,   257  +  87   pp., 

8vo,  Porter  and  Coates,  Philadelphia,  1880. 

Elements  of  Geometry  and  Trigonometry,  i2mo,  Porter  and  Coates,  Philadelphia,  1881. 
Astronomy  for  Schools  and  General  Readers.  By  Isaac  Sharpless  and  George  M. 

Philips. 


95  BULLETIN  OF  FRIENDS'  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY. 

2  ed.,  303  pp.,  i2mo,  J.  B.  Lippincott  and  Co.,  Philadelphia,  1882. 

Natural  Philosophy.  By  Isaac  Sharpless  and  George  M.  Philips,  350  pp.,  12  mo,  J.  B. 
Lippincott  and  Co.,  Philadelphia,  1884. 

Some  Facts  about  Municipal  Government  in  Birmingham,  Manchester  and  Liverpool, 
8vo,  Haverford  College  Studies,  No.  n,  pp.  1-24,  1891. 

English  Education  in  the  Elementary  and  Secondary  Schools,  xiii  +  193  pp.,  12010,  D. 
Appleton  and  Co.,  New  York,  1892,  1902,  1915.  (International  Educational 
Series,  Vol.  XXII,  edited  by  William  T.  Harris.) 

A  Quaker  Experiment  in  Government,  5  +  280  pp.,  i2mo,  Alfred  J.  Ferris,  Philadelphia, 
1898. 

A  History  of  Quaker  Government  in  Pennsylvania,  Vol.  II.  The  Quakers  in  the 
Revolution,  6  +  255  pp.,  i2mo,  T.  S.  Leach  and  Co.,  Philadelphia,  1899;  "A 
Quaker  Experiment,"  1898,  above,  being  considered  Vol.  I.  The  two  volumes 
with  the  title  "  A  History  of  Quaker  Government,"  the  respective  sub-titles,  and 
with  a  special  introduction,  were  issued  as  the  Haverford  Edition,  2  vols.,  8vo : 
Vol.  I,  xxxviii  +  274  pp.,  Vol.  II,  6+299  pp.,  T.  S.  Leach  and  Co.,  Philadelphia, 
1900.  Both  volumes  under  the  caption  "  A  Quaker  Experiment,"  but  lacking 
the  special  introduction  of  the  Haverford  Edition,  appeared  under  one  cover, 
Ferris  and  Leach,  Philadelphia,  1902. 

Two  Centuries  of  Pennsylvania  History,  xiii  +  385  pp.,  i6mo,  J.  B.  Lippincott  Co., 
Philadelphia,  1900.  (Lippincott  Educational  Series.) 

Quakerism  and  Politics,  Essays,  224  pp.,  i2mo,  Ferris  and  Leach,  Philadelphia,   1905. 

The  Quaker  Boy  on  the  Farm  and  at  the  S'chool,  38  pp.,  8vo,  Biddle  Press,  Philadel- 
phia, 1908. 

Introduction  to  Selections  from  the  Works  of  William  Penn,  London,  1909.  (Religion 
of  Life  Series,  edited  by  Rufus  M.  Jones.) 

The  Quakers  in  Pennsylvania,  Book  V,  pp.  417-580,  of  Rufus  M.  Jones's  Quakers  in 
the  American  Colonies,  603  pp.,  8vo,  Macmillan  and  Co.,  London,  191 1. 

The  American  College,  x  +  22i  pp.,  i2mo,  Doubleday,  Page  and  Co.,  New  York,  1915. 
(American  Book  Series.) 

Germantown  Academy,  Commencement  Address,  June  8,  1915,  15  pp.,  8vo,  Philadel- 
phia, 1915. 

Story  of  a  Small  College,  237  pp.,  8vo,  The  John  C.  Winston  Co.,  Philadelphia,   1918. 

Political  Leaders  of  Provincial  Pennsylvania,  viii  +  248  pp.,  8vo,  The  Macmillan  Co., 
New  York,  1919. 

Editorials,   Magazine  Articles,  etc. 

Editor  (with  Watson  W.  Dewees)  of  The  Student,  Vols.  I  (9  mo.,  1880)  -IV  (7  mo., 
1884,)  a  monthly,  printed  in  Philadelphia;  from  9  mo.,  1883,  the  organ  of  the  Educa- 
tional Association  of  Friends  in  America.  In  addition  to  editorials  and  news  items  he 
wrote  articles  over  his  own  name  and  the  nom  de  plume  "  Wallace."  Associate  editor, 
Vol.  VII  (10  mo.,  1886  to  8  mo.,  1887). 

Our  Relations  to  the  Public  Schools,  by  "  Wallace,"  Student,  I   (Philadelphia,  9  mo., 

1880),   11-13. 
Astronomical  Notes,  Student,  I  (Philadelphia,  1880-1),  16,  38,  60,  84,  108,  132,  159,  183, 

257,  3"- 

Book  Buying,  Student,  I  (Philadelphia,  10  mo.,  1880),  36-37. 
Address  to  Graduating  Class,  Haverford  College,  1880. 
Our  Relation   to  the   Public   School   System,   Student,   I    (Philadelphia,    5    mo.,    1881), 

253-257. 
Sun  Spots,  Stoddart's  Review,  No.  30   (New  York  and  Philadelphia,  Nov.,   1881),  373- 

375- 
Astronomical  Notes,  Student,  II  (Philadelphia,   1881-2),  29,  61,  92,   125,   156,  189,  219, 

252,  284,  315,  318. 


ISAAC  SHARPLESS.  96 

Meteors,  Stoddart's  Review,  No.  37  (New  York  and  Philadelphia,  June,  1882),  518-520. 

The  Providence  Conference,  Student,  II   (Philadelphia,  8  mo.,  1882),  357-363. 

What  Young  People  Have  Done,  by  "  Wallace,"  Student,  III   (Philadelphia,    1882-3), 

51-56,  80-84,  180-184. 

The  Comet,  Student,  III  (Philadelphia,  n  mo.,   1882),  100-101. 
The  Transit  of  Venus,  Student,  III  (Philadelphia,  12  mo.,  1882),  135-136. 
Astronomical  Notes,  Student,  III  (Philadelphia,  1882-3),  38,  67,  200,  229,  298,  333. 
New  Building  at  Westtown,  Student,  III  (Philadelphia,  4  mo.,  1883),  287. 
Study  and  Stimulants,  Student,  III   (Philadelphia,  6  mo.,   1883),  326-328. 
Celestial  Photography,  The  American,  VI  (Philadelphia,  July  7,  1883),  201-202. 
Culture  derived   from  Science,   address  to   Pennsylvania  Teachers'   Association,   Penn- 
sylvania School  Journal,  XXXII   (Lancaster,  Penna.,  Sept.,   1883),   104-107. 
Astronomical  Notes,  Student,  IV  (Philadelphia,  1883-4),  35,  69,  163,  191,  223,  254. 
Right  Methods  of  Teaching  Science,  by  "  Wallace,"  Student,  IV  (Philadelphia,  2  mo., 

1884),  183-184. 

Student  of  the  Future,  Student,  IV  (Philadelphia,  6  mo.-7  mo.,  1884),  300-306,  342-346. 
The  Weather  as  an  Object  Lesson,  Student,  V  (Philadelphia,   12  mo.,  1884),  91-93. 
Some  New  Researches  among  the  Meteors,  The  American,  IX   (Philadelphia,  Feb.  28, 

1885),  325-326. 

Sirius,  The  American,  IX  (Philadelphia,  Apr.  25,  1885),  456-457. 
Observatory  Work,  The  American,  XI   (Philadelphia,  Dec.  26,  1885),   151-152. 
Early  Life  of  Great  Men,  Student,  VI  (Philadelphia,  2  mo.,  1886),  132-134. 
Notes  on  the  Heavens,  Student,  VI  (Philadelphia,  4  mo.,   1886),  215-217. 
Astronomical  Notes,  reprinted  from  Philadelphia  Public  Ledger,  in  Student,  VI  (Phila- 
delphia, 7  mo.,  1886),  314. 
The  Good  Time  and  its  Ascertainment,   Popular  Sci.   Mo.t  XXIX    (New  York,   Aug., 

1886),  519-523- 

Review  of  Agnes  M.   Clarke's  "  History  of  Astronomy,"   The  American,  XIII    (Phila- 
delphia, Oct.  30,  1886),  25. 
Easy  Instruction  in  Astronomy,  Student,  VII  (Philadelphia,  10  mo.,  1886  to  6  mo.,  1887), 

19-21,  40-41,  72-73,  101-102,  164-165,  207-208,  263. 
Astronomical    Notes,    reprinted    from    Philadelphia    Public    Ledger    in    Student,    VII 

(Philadelphia,  5  mo.,  1887),  247-248. 
Inaugural  Address,  Haverford  College,  May  19,   1887,  PP-   I3~28,  in  "  Inauguration  of 

President  Isaac  Sharpless,"  28  pp.,  8vo  (Philadelphia,  1887). 

What  Constitutes  a  Friends'  School,  Student,  VII   (Philadelphia,  12  mo.,  1887),  70-74. 
Baccalaureate  Address  to  Graduating  Class,  Haverford  College,  June  26,  1888.     Printed 

by  the  Class;  reprinted  in  Student,  VIII  (Philadelphia,  8  mo.,  1888),  330-337. 
On  "  Examination  and  Education,"  Nineteenth  Century,  Amer.   Supp.   (March,   1889), 

9-n. 

Report  on  Haverford  College,  Student,  X  (Philadelphia,  n  mo.,  1889),  57-58. 
The  Spirit  of  Early  Quakerism,   i  mo.   i6th,   1890.     One  of  four  lectures  delivered  at 
Twelfth    Street    Meeting    House,    Philadelphia,    on   "The    Distinguishing   Views 
of  Friends."     Printed,   Philadelphia,    1890. 
A  Venerable  School,  The  Royal  High  School  of  Edinburgh,  Philadelphia  paper,  August 

26,  1890. 

Athletics,  Student,  X  (Philadelphia,  10  mo.,   1890),   195-197. 

Educational  Reformers,  Student,  XI   (Haverford,  Penna.,   12  mo.,   1890),  79-81. 
English  and  American  Education,  address  before  the  Friends'  "  Circle  "  of  Croydon, 
England,    December,     1890;    reprinted    Friends'    Quarterly    Examiner,    XCVIII 
(London,  4  mo.,   1891),  195-208. 

English  Schools  and  their  Lessons  for  Haverford,  Friends'  Review,  XLIV   (Philadel- 
phia, 2  mo.   12,  19,  26,   1891),  451-2,  468,  487. 
Address  at   Stockwell  Training  College,   London,   Student,   XI    (Haverford,   Penna.,   j 

mo.,  1891),  192-195. 
English  Schools,  ib.,  197-202. 


97  BULLETIN  OF  FRIENDS'  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY. 

How  to  Conduct  a  Class  Exercise  at  College,  Student,  XII  (Haverford,  Penna.,  3  mo., 

1892),  184-186. 
The  Student,   historical   note   on,    in   the   last    issue   of   this   periodical,    Student,    XII 

(Haverford,  Penna.,  midsummer,  1892),  328-330. 
Relation  of  the  State  to  Education  in  England  and  America,  Annals  Amer.  Acad.   of 

Polit.  and  Soc.  Sci.,  Ill   (Philadelphia,  May,   1893),  669-690. 
Can  we  Develop  some  Friendly  Authors?  The  Westonian,  I   (Westtown,  Penna.,  i  mo., 

1895),  415. 
President's  Address  to  the  Westtown  Alumni,  Westonian,  II  (Westtown,  Penna.,  6  mo., 

1896),  97-101. 

Something  about  Teachers,  ib.  (12  mo.,  1896),  161-162. 

Estimate  of  Samuel  Alsop,  Westonian,  III  (Westtown,  Penna.,  2  mo.,  1897),  28-29. 
Correspondence  between  an  Alumnus  and  the  President  of  Haverford  College  concern- 
ing certain  speeches  at  a  recent  Alumni  Dinner,  1899. 
Response  as  President,  pp.  7-8,  and  President's  Address,  "  The  Public  Life  of  College 

Men,"    pp.    90-113,    Proceedings,    i3th    An.    Conv.    Assoc.    Colleges    and    Prep. 

Schools,    Middle    States  and   Md.,   at  Trenton,   N.   J.,    Dec.    1-2,    1899    (Albany, 

N.  Y.,  1900). 
Causes  of  Pennsylvania's  Ills,  by  A  Pennsylvania  Quaker,  Atlantic  Monthly,  Boston, 

Mass.,  Vol.  89,  124-129,  Jan.   i :   1902. 
Introduction,  pp.  5-10,  and  address,  Conditions  of  the  Yearly  Meeting  in  1904,  pp.  113- 

141,  in  Centennial  Celebration  Friends'  Meeting  House,  Fourth  and  Arch  Streets, 

Philadelphia,  1804-1904,  6  mo.  4,  1904  (Philadelphia). 
Review  of  A.  C.  Buell's  William  Penn,  Amer.  Hist.  Rev.,  IX  (Lancaster,  Penna.,  July, 

1904),  813-815. 

What  Pennsylvanians  should  go  to  College,  Pennsylvania  School  Journal,  LIII    (Lan- 
caster, Penna.,  Dec.,  1904),  233-243. 
A  Peace   Controversy  of  Colonial  Times,    Westonian,   XI    (Westtown,    Penna.,    i    mo., 

1905).  3-7- 
The  Redemption  of  Philadelphia,  American  Friend,  Vol.   XII,   12  mo.   21,   1905,  848- 

885. 

A  Word  to  the  Undergraduates  of  Haverford  (Pamphlet),  1905. 

Presbyterian  and  Quaker  in  Colonial  Pennsylvania,  address,  Presb.  Hist.  Soc.,  Phila- 
delphia, Jan.  8,  1906,  Journal  of  the  Presb.  Hist.  Soc.,  Ill  (Philadelphia,  March, 
1906),  201-215. 

Political  and  Religious  Conditions  of  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania  Two  Hundred 
Years  Ago,  address  at  Banquet  Presb.  Social  Union,  Philadelphia,  April  23,  1906, 
Journal  of  Presb.  Hist.  Soc.,  Ill  (Philadelphia,  June,  1906),  262-277. 

Introduction  to  A  Letter  of  William  Penn  (1701),  Journal  Friends'  Hist.  Soc.,  Ill 
(London,  July,  1906),  93. 

Introductory,  pp.  1-2,  and  Notes,  pp.  35-37,  Bull.  Friends'  Hist.  Soc.,  I  (Philadelphia, 
1906). 

Address  at  the  Twenty-Second  Annual  Festival  of  the  New  England  Society  of  Penn- 
sylvania, December  nth,  1906  (Philadelphia,  1906),  56-61. 

Address  at  the  Banquet  of  the  Pennsylvania  Scotch-Irish  Society,  Philadelphia,  Feb. 
28th,  1907.  Report,  Philadelphia,  1897,  PP-  38-44- 

A  Pennsylvania  Episode  (The  "  Paxton  Boys"),  Bull.  Friends'  Hist.  Soc.,  Vol.  I 
(Philadelphia,  Feb.,  1907),  70-74- 

A  Pennsylvania  Quaker  Boy,  Atlantic  Monthly,  Vol.  C  (Boston,  Mass.,  October,  1907), 

536-541. 
War   and    Education,   Friends'   Fellowship   Papers,   Vol.    II,    London    (6    mo.,    1908), 

67-76. 
Social,   Political   and   Religious   Conditions  in   William   Penn's   Province   in  the   Early 

Period,  The  American  Friend,  XV,  666-669,  681-683,  1908. 
The  Quaker  Boy  at  School,  The  Independent,  LXV  (New  York,  Sept.  3,  1908),  543-546. 


ISAAC  SHARPLESS.  98 

Society  of  Friends,   in  New  Schaff-Herzog  Encyclopedia  of  Religious  Knowledge,  IV 

(New  York,  Funk  and  Wagnalls  Co.,   1909),  393-396. 
Religious  Education  of  Boys  and  Young  Men,  address,   Friends'   General   Conference, 

Ocean  Grove,  N.  J.,   7  mo.  30,   1910,  Friends'  Intelligencer  Supplement   (Phila- 
delphia, 1910),  23-27. 
Temptations  of  a  College  President,  Educational  Review,  XL  (New  York,   September, 

1910).      [Anon.] 
Note  of  Advice  to  Philadelphia  Friends,  by  Dr.  John  Fothergill  and  David  Barclay, 

Bull  Friends'  Hist.  Soc.,  Ill  (Philadelphia,  2  mo.,  1910),   104. 
Strength  and  Weakness  of  Philadelphia  Yearly  Meeting,    Westonian   XIX    (Westtown, 

Penna.,   3  mo.,   1913),    141-157;   reprinted  Amer.  Friend,  N.   S.,  I   (1913),   326, 

340,  359- 

Letters  from  Abroad  to  the  Philadelphia  Public  Ledger: 

Militancy  a  Dead  Issue  in  Britain July   10,  1913. 

Able  Debates  in  Parliament   July   15,  1913. 

Siberia  Aug.    8,  1913. 

Japan's  View  of  California  Law   Sept.    4,  19 13. 

Christianity's  Power  in  Japan    Sept.  18,  1913. 

How  to   Bring   Prosperity,   Present  Day  Papers,   I    (Haverford,   Penna.,   Jan.,    1914), 

13-18. 
The  Japanese  Question,  Present  Day  Payers,  I  (Haverford,  Penna.,  April,  1914),   109- 

112. 
David  Lloyd,  Bull.  Friends'  Hist.  Soc.,  Vol.   V   (Philadelphia,    n   mo.,    1913,   5   mo., 

I9U),   36-47,    74-87.      (Abridged.      Published   in   full   in   "  Political   Leaders  of 

Provincial  Pennsylvania.") 
Quaker  Ideals  of  Education,  address  at  Sesquicentennial  of  Brown  University,    1764- 

1914,  Providence,   R.   I.,   Oct.   12,    1914;   Journal  of  Education,   LXXX    (Boston, 

Mass.,   Nov.    12,    1914),   454;   Brown    Univ.   Report,   Boston,   Mass.,   pp.   83-100, 

1915;  Friend,  Vol.  88  (Philadelphia,  i  mo.  7,  1915),  328. 
Training  of  Christian  Workers,  American  Friend,  N.  S.,  Vol.  II,  p.  312. 
A  Proposed  Friends'  Boarding  School  of  Colonial  Days,  Friend,  Vol.  88  (Philadelphia, 

4  mo.  8,  1915),  485. 

College  Discipline,  American  Friend,  N.  S.,  Vol.  II,  pp.  517,  518,  1914. 
Military  Training  in    Schools   and   Colleges,   address  at   the  Twenty-ninth   An.    Conv. 

Assoc.  Colleges  and  Prep.  Schools  Middle  States  and  Md.,  at  Philadelphia,  Nov. 

26,   1915,  Proceedings   (1916),   10-18;  reprinted  Amer.  Friend,  N.   S.,  IV,   1916, 

pp.  228-231,  Friend,  Vol.  89   (Philadelphia,  4  mo.   13,   1916),  495-498;  reprinted 

by  Peace  Association  of  Friends,  Philadelphia,  9  pp.,  8vo. 
Friends  and  the  Morality  of  War,  Friend,  Vol.  89  (Philadelphia,  8  mo.  26,  1915),  98- 

100.     (Read  at  the  Winona  Lake  Friends'  Conference,  7  mo.,  1915.) 
The  Friends,  in  New  International  Encyclopedia,  IX   (New  York,  Dodd,  Mead  &  Co., 

1915),  285-288.     (Article  by  Allen  C.  Thomas  in  ed.  1903,  revised  and  enlarged.) 
Address,  Commencement  Day,  Germantown  Academy,  June  8,   1915. 
Colonial  Friends  and  Public  Life,  American  Friend,  N.  S.,  Vol.  II,  pp1.  248-250,  1915. 
Perils  to  Wealth  and  Brains,   American  Friend;  reprinted  Friend,  Vol.   89    (Philadel- 
phia, 9  mo.  23,  1915),   147. 
Why  we  should  not  increase  our  Armaments,  Present  Day  Papers  (Haverford,  Penna., 

Jan.,  1915),  18-20;  reprinted  The  Friend,  Vol.  88  (Philadelphia,  i  mo.  28,  1915), 

362-363;  American  Friend,  Vol.  Ill,  p.  87,  1916. 
Present    S'tate    of   the    Temperance    Movement,    Present   Day   Papers,   II    (Haverford, 

Penna.,  May,  1915),  195-298;  reprinted  The  Friend,  Vol.  88  (Philadelphia,  5  mo. 
547- 


99  BULLETIN  OF  FRIENDS'  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY. 

Comments  on  A  Military  History,  by  J.  W.  Fortescue,  Journal  Friends'  Hist.  Soc.,  XII 
London,  1915),  65-66;  reprinted  American  Friend,  The  Friend,  Vol.  90  (Phila- 
delphia, ii  mo.  9,  1916),  233. 

Friends  in  Public  Life,  Presidential  Address,  Friends'  Hist.  S'oc.  of  England,  Journal 
Friends'  Hist.  Soc.,  XIII  (London,  1916),  99-114;  reprinted  The  Friend,  Vol. 
90  (Philadelphia,  i  mo.  12,  19,  26,  1916),  182-183,  194-195,  206-208;  pamphlet, 
Headley  Bros.,  London,  1916. 

Past  and  Present,  address,  Centennial  of  Birmingham  Meeting,  Westonian,  XXII 
(Westtown,  Penna.,  2  mo.,  1916),  46-62. 

I.  The  Christianburg  School,  Friend,  Vol.   89   (Philadelphia,  3  mo.   2,   1916),  427-428. 

II.  The  Christiansburg  Institute,  Friend,  Vol.  89  (Philadelphia,  3  mo.  9,  1916),  436. 
Peace  Organizations,  Friend,  Vol.  89  (Philadelphia,  3  mo.  16,  1916),  446. 
Educational  Statistics  concerning  Friends'  Colleges,  American  Friend,  Vol.  4,  pp.  833- 

838,  1916. 

Friends'  Methods  of  reaching  conclusions  in  meeting,  Friend,  Vol.  90  (Philadelphia, 
4  mo.  12,  1917),  495- 

Four  Decades  of  Education,  Friend,  Vol.  91   (Philadelphia,  9  mo.  27,  1917),   158-159. 

Friends  and  War,  American  Friend,  N.  S.,  Vol.  V,  145-149,  1917. 

Review  of  John  William  Graham's  William  Penn,  Friend,  Vol.  91  (Philadelphia,  7  mo. 
19,  1917),  26-27. 

Report  of  Isaac  Sharpless,  President  of  Haverford  College,  made  to  the  Instruction 
Committee  of  Westtown  Boarding  School,  respecting  an  inspection  of  the  work- 
ing of  the  School.  (Between  1891  and  1894.) 

John  Kinsey,  Bull.  Friends'  Hist,  Soc.,  Philadelphia,  Vol.  VIII  (Philadelphia,  11  mo., 
1917,  5  mo.,  1918),  2-10,  46-53. 

Review  of  H.  M.  Lippincott's  "  Early  Philadelphia,"  Amer.  Hist.  Rev.,  XXIII  (Lan- 
caster, Penna.,  Jan.,  1918),  416-417. 

Review  of  J.  F.  Faris's  "  Old  Roads  out  of  Philadelphia,"  ib.,  434-440. 

Historic  Friends  and  War,  Friend,  Vol.  91  (Philadelphia,  5  mo.  23,  1918),  639. 

Education  (editorial),  Friend,  Vol.  92  (Philadelphia,  9  mo.  26,  1918),  157. 

General  Condition  of  the  Reconstruction  Unit  in  France,  Friend,  Vol.  92  (Philadelphia, 
10  mo.  10,  1918),  188. 

James  Logan  and  Thomas  Story,  American  Friend,  Vol.  XV,  pp.  777-778,  12  mo.  3, 
1918. 

William  Penn,  address,  Bicententary  of  Death  of  William  Penn,  at  Friends'  Meeting 
House,  Fourth  and  Arch  Streets,  Philadelphia,  11  mo.  8,  1918,  14  pp.,  8vo, 
Philadelphia,  1918;  Friend,  Vol.  92  (Philadelphia,  n  mo.  28,  12  mo.  5,  1918), 
267,  277. 

What  can  the  Colleges  do  to  encourage  more  thorough  work  in  fundamental  subjects 
in  the  Schools?  Assoc.  of  Colleges  and  Preparatory  Schools  in  Middle  States 
and  Maryland. 

Military  Training  in  Schools  and  Colleges,  address  before  Ardmore  Main  Line  Forum, 

2  mo.    19,  1919,  pamphlet. 

Religious    Significance    of    Reconstruction    (editorial),   Friend,    Vol.    92    (Philadelphia, 

3  mo.  6,  1919),  449;  reprinted  in  American  Friend,  N.  S.,  Vol.  7,  p.   199,   1918. 
Does  Quakerism  imply  Mediocrity?    (editorial),   Friend,  Vol.   92    (Philadelphia,    5   mo. 

29,  1919),  601. 

Friends  and  War  Problems,  Friend,  Vol.  93   (Philadelphia,  7  mo.    10,   1919),   14-16. 
Conscription   in   America    (from   the   American   Friends'    Service    Committee),    Friend, 

Vol.  93  (Philadelphia,   10  mo.  30,   1919),  205. 


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